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FINAL REPORT Creating Inspiration: How Visual and Performing Arts Shape Environmental Behaviour Land and Water Australia PROJECT LWRRDC UNE 44 Principal Investigators Nick Reid, Ian Reeve, David Curtis University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Project Duration July 2002-September 2005 30 September 2005 Researcher Contact Details Associate Professor Nick Reid Ecosystem Management School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351 David Curtis and Ian Reeve Institute for Rural Futures University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Phone: (02) 6773 2759 Fax: (02) 6773 2769 Email: nrei3@une.edu.au Phone: (02) 6773 2220 Fax: (02) 6773 3245 Email: dcurtis@une.edu.au ireeve@une.edu.au This project was funded by Land and Water Australia LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page i Table of Contents Project Objectives Summary of Methods Results 3.1 To investigate how the arts are both deliberately, and unconsciously used in shaping perceptions towards the environment in Australia and internationally 3.2 To describe the historical links between arts-based modes of communication and the movement for environmental repair and conservation 3.3 To investigate current links between community-based and government-based environmental programs and the arts 3.4 To integrate theory of how beliefs and values are shaped and the impact that the arts have on that process 3.5 To review the variety of arts types that different social groups and people with different learning styles respond to 3.6 To use a series of events that incorporate the arts and environmental repair, to evaluate the role of the arts in changing people’s behaviour towards the environment 3.7 To develop and test policy and procedural recommendations for extension and environmental education programs 3.8 Policy recommendations Outline of how these results can be adopted and summary of communication and technology transfer to date Assessment of commercial potential Publications 10 Additional information 10 Acknowledgements 11 Appendix Methods 12 Introduction 12 Methodological planning and networking 13 Data collection 13 Key Informant interviews 14 Review of literature 15 Focus group interviews 15 Case studies 15 Participant observations 17 Other field work 17 Analysis of data 17 Appendix II How the arts can improve environmental behaviour 18 Model for how arts events can change environmental behaviour 20 Pathways to environmental sustainability through the arts 21 Model for how environmental behaviour might be shaped by the arts 22 LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page i Appendix III Outline of how these results can be adopted and summary of communication and technology transfer to date 23 Mail-outs to network 23 Presentations at conferences 24 Other presentations, training workshops and seminars 24 Other media 25 Appendix IV Publications 26 Refereed journals and refereed conference proceedings 26 Reports 26 Books26 Conference papers 26 Book chapters 27 Other articles 27 Brochures and postcards 27 DVDs and videos 28 Commissioned artworks 28 Other art and theatre productions 28 Other articles that referred to the research 28 Appendix V References 29 LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page ii Abstract This project investigated how the visual and performing arts shape environmental behaviour, and how they might be better utilised by those promoting environmental sustainability, particularly in rural areas The project involved the examination of several case studies which incorporated the visual or performing arts in environmental initiatives The case studies included concerts, events, festivals, conferences and a devised theatre production in schools, and embraced issues including the greenhouse effect, land, water and vegetation issues, wetlands, and biodiversity conservation The project also involved interviews of about 90 key informants in Australia, Canada, USA, Norway, UK and Italy, and observations of examples where the arts had been used to assist in environmental sustainability in Australia and internationally This field work was supported by a literature review There are three main pathways through which the arts can shape behaviours that are more environmentally sustainable, and which might be successfully utilised by extension practitioners and others wishing to build capacity in the community for environmental sustainability These pathways are: • communicating information; • connecting us to the natural environment; and • catalysing environmentally sustainable economic development The first pathway, communicating information, may be used in the education or extension context, or in communicating information to the general public The visual and the performing arts are able to synthesise complex ideas and present them to a lay audience in an engaging form Well designed images can articulate a vision for an ecologically sustainable landscape that encapsulates best practice land management Some art forms or works of art are good at prompting new ways of looking at problems The second pathway is to subtly connect us with the natural environment Many artists are inspired by the natural environment, and their artworks or performances evoke a strong sense of connection through aesthetic language Some works of art achieve this through evocative representations of the environment, others achieve it by being in the natural environment itself Large art-environment events can have a celebratory role which motivate and involve communities Such events can strongly move the emotions in a positive way, and stimulate people to reflect on their relationship with the environment A third pathway is where the arts catalyse actions to improve sustainability In the rural context, this might be achieved through integrating art with farm forestry, rural regeneration and land rehabilitation initiatives, or where farmers incorporate principles of landscape design into farm planning In urban areas, public and community art have been incorporated into urban planning designs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by providing public transport and facilities for walking and bicycling The study has policy implications in arts and natural resources funding, direction of infrastructure spending and in delivery of natural resources extension, and the findings and recommendations of this project (summarised below) should be brought to the attention of policy makers in arts and cultural affairs in Commonwealth and State Governments LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page iii Funding programs which seek to create shifts in environmental behaviour (including natural resources management programs) should broaden their funding guidelines to include arts-based projects, where such projects can demonstrate environmental outcomes, or outcomes in improved capacity building There should be a review of funding programs for the arts to ensure that there are no barriers to the participation of regional and community artists, and that the programs contain components specifically targeted at art and natural resource management issues Funding from both the private and public sectors in the arts and natural resources management should sympathetically consider community arts project and other forms of participatory art forms which have an environmental theme or outcomes Research should be encouraged into the greenhouse emissions of the arts compared to other sectors in the economy, and the reductions in emissions that might be achieved by investment in the arts sector, compared to investment in other forms of emission reduction A greater proportion of public investment in public infrastructure and public spaces should be directed to community and public art, particularly that which is linked to improving environmental sustainability Incentives should be provided to encourage private investment in public and community art Policy research should be undertaken into the means by which public and private investment can be shifted towards the community and public arts, particularly where such art can be shown to have environmentally favourable outcomes Urban and regional planning authorities and regional development agencies and organisations should integrate the arts and cultural development into their operations and strategic plans Research funding should be directed towards the link between cultural renewal in rural towns and centres and its effect on how land managers near those centres view and manage their own land, and whether cultural renewal of rural towns is a route to improving land management in the hinterlands around them Extension and natural resource management agencies should work with the arts sector, and in particular community artists, on joint projects and programs Artists should be included in planning processes Further research should be funded into investigating the roles of festivals and events in normalising and promoting environmentally sustainable behaviour Natural resources agencies and organisations seeking improvement in general environmental behaviour should work with festivals and large art events, to incorporate environmental themes and encourage them to adopt best environmental practice in the way that they are run Where natural resources agencies and organisations seek to involve the arts community, adequate remuneration for artists should be built into budgets State and Federal Governments should provide a unified response to simplify insurance requirements and ensure that costs are not prohibitive for community events If projects are developed with schools in mind, they should be integrated with the curriculum in collaboration with teachers, and provision for relief time may need to be built into budgets The study concluded that the visual and performing arts can effect environmental behaviour at the individual, community and societal level Art events can aid participation by a broad cross section of the community, can strengthen a community’s abilities to promote inclusion, and can be powerful vehicles for community mobilisation, empowerment and information transfer LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page iv Project Objectives • To investigate how the arts are both deliberately and unconsciously used in shaping perceptions towards the environment in Australia and internationally • To describe the historical links between arts-based modes of communication and the movement for environmental repair and conservation • To investigate current links between community-based and government-based environmental programs and the arts • To integrate theory of how beliefs and values are shaped and the impact that the arts have on that process • To review the variety of arts types that different social groups and people with different learning styles respond to • To use a series of events that incorporate the arts and environmental repair, to evaluate the role of the arts in changing people’s behaviour towards the environment • To develop and test policy and procedural recommendations for extension and environmental education programs Summary of Methods The project drew on an action research approach in which those who were the subjects and users of the research had opportunities to guide and evaluate it (Neumann, 1997) It combined qualitative, interpretive and quantitative logical positivist methods as well as participant observer approaches This purposeful methodological diversity, enabled us to triangulate between the different types of data, to afford greater confidence in the conclusions arising from the data (Neumann, 1997, p.151) In the selection of specific research methods, the approach was one of methodological pragmatism that drew from a range of social science paradigms according to circumstances (Crump, 1995) Eight community-based art and environment activities were selected as case studies The events were selected to obtain a wide geographic coverage from southern NSW to southern Queensland, spanning a range of environmental themes Case studies covered rural and urban issues, and natural resources and global environmental issues They incorporated a range of artistic expressions including the visual arts, sculpture, music, performance, and writing They were selected to display a range of involvement from farmers, scientists, artists, performers, extension officers, community groups, schools and tertiary institutions The case studies were as follows: • Nova-anglica: Web of Our Endeavours March 1998; • Gunnedah Two Rivers Festival 2002-2004; • Plague and the Moonflower 26-27 October 2002 – December 2003; • Bungawalbin Wetlands Festival September 2003; • Ecological Society of Australia conference, December 2003; • Riverina Dec 2002-Dec 2003; • Play Building on Greenhouse Effect in Schools November 2002; and • Art in Extension – Greening Australia 1990-2000 LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page About 200 interviews with key informants, participants and audience members in case studies were undertaken Of these, 88 were key informant interviews including 41 people working in the arts (visual, performing, and community arts), 20 people working in an extension or community facilitation capacity, 20 people who showed exemplary behaviour towards the environment or were involved with Landcare, and several academics in related disciplines Most interviews conducted were semi-structured, based around a standard set of questions Some interviews were informal and unstructured The interview transcripts were analysed and main themes and sub-themes were identified and coded Other qualitative data were also coded for themes and sub-themes, including historical documents, journal entries, participant observations, informal interviews and media clippings The methods of analytic comparison, successive approximation and illustrative technique were used to interrogate qualitative data (Neumann 1997) Quantitative data gained through surveys were analysed statistically using SPSS (2001) A literature review was conducted throughout the course of the research, and was guided by the data emerging from case studies and interviews Focus group interviews were undertaken at different stages of the research In particular, focus groups were used to analyse two case studies (Gunnedah Two Rivers Festival and The Plague and the Moonflower) In addition a focus group of extension and community facilitators and land managers was used to test the emerging conclusions Three Reference Groups, one each of artists, extension people and academics were established to test emerging themes, and to provide advice A Users Guide was produced which summarised the ways that the arts could be used to promote environmental sustainability by extension practitioners, and those working in community extension It was based on the findings of this research and was refined through consultation with reference group members and key informants, seeking comment via conference presentations, and through articles in newsletters Training workshops and focus groups of extension staff and community facilitators were carried out as well as one-on-one interviews with extension and facilitator staff Hypotheses from the research were road-tested and refined through these workshops and interviews, as well as the effectiveness of content of the Users Guide A full description of the methods used in this study is provided in Appendix I 3.1 Results To investigate how the arts are both deliberately, and unconsciously used in shaping perceptions towards the environment in Australia and internationally The arts are used both deliberately and unconsciously in shaping perceptions towards the environment in different ways, and these are summarised in Table In some cases these are contradictory and contestatory LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page Table Some ways that the arts are used to deliberately and unconsciously shape perceptions towards the environment, and supporting literature Ways in which the arts can shape perceptions towards the environment Supporting literature Communicating a message of environmental sustainability Gold and Revill (2004) Pollak & MacNabb (2000) Highlighting issues which degrade the environment Cless (1996), Goldberg (2000), Kirn (2004), Pollak & MacNabb (2000), Rosenberg (1992) Providing spiritual or deeper connections to country, landscape and the natural environment Collins (2004), Fink (2001), Langton (2000), Martin (2002), Martin et al (2001), Napangardi (2003), Neale (2000), Peat (2004), Radford (2001), Schama (1995), Tunney (2000), Wolseley (1994) Assisting scientific research Nadkarni (2002, 2004) Defining and perceiving environmental degradation Al-Kodmany (1999), Drysdale (1994), Gablik (1993) Developing solutions to environmental degradation Clover (2000), Gablik (1993), de Groat (1994), Lister (2001) Providing an environmental or ecological aesthetic Bonyhady (2000), Gablik (1993), Lister (2003) Aiding the growth of consumerism Baudrillard (1988), Bourdieu, (1983, 1984, 1987), Corrigan (1997), Gold & Revill (2004), Hargreaves & North, 1997, North & Hargreaves, 1999, Assisting propaganda Clark (1997) Providing an alternative to mass consumption Corrigan (1997), Foran et al (2005), Fox (2002), Schumann (1987) Involving people in reversing land degradation Lister (2001), Mills and Brown (2004) Enriching the facilitation process Rosales & Zarco (2004) There are three main pathways through which the arts can shape behaviours that are more environmentally sustainable, and which might be successfully utilised by extension practitioners and others wishing to build capacity in the community for environmental sustainability These pathways are: • communicating information; • connecting us to the natural environment; and • catalysing environmentally sustainable economic development The first pathway, communicating information, is relevant to education or extension and in communicating information to the general public The visual and performing arts can be used to synthesise complex ideas and present them to a lay audience in an engaging form Well designed images, can articulate a vision for an ecologically sustainable landscape that encapsulates best practice land management Some art forms or works of art are good at prompting new ways of looking at problems The second pathway is to subtly connect us with the natural environment Many art practitioners are inspired by the natural environment, and their artworks or performances can evoke a strong sense of connection through their aesthetic language Some works of art achieve this through evocative representations of the environment, others achieve it by being in the natural environment itself Large art-environment events can have a celebratory role which motivate and involve communities Such LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page events can strongly move the emotions in a positive way, and stimulate people to reflect on their relationship with the environment A third pathway is where the arts catalyse measures to improve sustainability In the rural context this might be achieved through integrating certain art-forms with farm forestry, rural regeneration, and land rehabilitation initiatives, or where farmers incorporate principles of landscape design into farm planning In urban areas public and community art can be incorporated into urban planning designs which reduce greenhouse gas emissions through excellent public transport and facilities for walking and bicycling Associated with this pathway is the strong community development role of the arts The various ways in which the arts can improve environmental behaviour are summarised in Appendix II 3.2 To describe the historical links between arts-based modes of communication and the movement for environmental repair and conservation Key informants interviews and the literature review showed that the association between artists and those who attempt to conserve the natural environment has a long history, and that many artists use their work to communicate important insights into human relationships with the natural environment (Bonyhady, 2000; Pollak & MacNabb, 2000) Like ecologists, some artists immerse themselves in the natural environment to reach their own understandings Indeed poets and artists have been influential in shaping attitudes about the Australian landscape (Papadakis, 1993), and the arts have been used extensively by some organisations to publicise environmental issues (Gold & Revill, 2004) 3.3 To investigate current links between community-based and government-based environmental programs and the arts Key informants interviews and the literature review revealed that there has been an evolution in arts practice over the last few decades with the development of participatory art-forms This is particularly evident in the community arts and in the practice of particular artists It mirrors the evolution of the community development model of extension delivery, witnessed in Landcare and regional delivery mechanisms Opportunity exists for participatory art forms to converge with community development models for environmentally sustainable development in rural areas The research confirmed that the visual and performing arts have an important role in capacity building for environmental and ecological sustainability, although up to now this potential has not been fully realised by government based environment programs Environmental planning appears to rarely incorporate cultural planning and the reverse appears also to be true Many people working in environmental management are unaware of the contributions being made by artists in raising environmental concerns and working on solutions (de Groat, 1994), or of the potential for using the arts in this way Stakeholder conflict over appropriate solutions to certain environmental issues can be due to fundamental differences in values (Sandall et al., 2001) Some artists describe how the arts (particularly ecological art) can help provide a more unifying ecological aesthetic (Ian Hunter, ‘Littoral’, UK, Interview 4/8/2004) Again the potential for this has not been significantly exploited by government-based environmental programs 3.4 To integrate theory of how beliefs and values are shaped and the impact that the arts have on that process A review was undertaken of the social psychological literature regarding how beliefs and values are formed, and in particular how environmental behaviour is shaped Many factors influence how LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page Appendix II How the arts can improve environmental behaviour Appendix II summarises the various ways in which the arts can improve environmental behaviour Table summarises the effects and benefits of arts-based activities, with supporting evidence from the art events and key informant interviews The results of the case studies (and particularly the analysis of the survey data from The Plague and the Moonflower) led us to develop a conceptual model for changing environmental behaviour using art events and this is provided in Figure A model for how the arts affect environmental behaviour is provided in Figures and It is suggested that the work of individual artists can influence the behaviour of citizens through three major pathways, which impinge on a person’s values or attitudes The degree to which a person responds will depend on individual characteristics, such as gender, class and so on The accumulated result of society’s collective behaviours leads to macro-level impacts on the environment Knowledge of these impacts, in turn, influences individual artists, and influences their practice Table 3: Effects and benefits of arts-based activities or events with supporting evidence from key informant interviews and case studies For case studies and interviews see Curtis et al (in press) Effect or Benefit Case Study Interview Plague and the Moonflower Nova-anglica: Web of Our Endeavours Plague Nova-anglica Bungawalbin Wetlands Festival Arts in extension Greenhouse in schools Arts in extension Tara Ryan Wes Sanders Downing Cless Communication Increase and broaden the audience being exposed to environmental issues Lead to people retaining information, or at least a heightened sensibility for the topics and even more importantly to associate the environment with positive thoughts and images Provide a vehicle for community education and transfer of scientific information Elevate what could have been a normal (say) field day into a special event which can therefore increase the audience Expose people to ideas that they may not have thought much about before Provide an enduring image of a particular event Allow a voice of dissent to be articulated Assist in building skills in extension staff in performance and delivery of information Encapsulate a wide variety of issues Make the invisible visible Appeal to a range of people regardless of learning styles and abilities Synthesise and communicate complex issues & information LWA UNE 44 Final Report Bungawalbin Arts in extension Plague Greenhouse in schools Gunnedah ESA conference, Bungawalbin, Nova-anglica Plague Plague Tara Ryan Evergreen Theatre; Underground Railway Theatre (URT) Platform Theatre Platform Evergreen URT Ralph Steadman Rolf Groven Rolf Groven Ralph Steadman Downing Cless Bread & Puppet Theatre Platform Arts in extension ESA conference Arts in extension Grizedale Forest Plague Nova-anglica Gunnedah Greenhouse is schools URT Rolf Groven Ian Hunter Rosi Lister Evergreen Theatre URT Page 18 Create an atmosphere which enhances the experience of the natural environment Create an atmosphere that is conducive for learning Bungawalbin Festival ESA conference Nova-anglica Bread & Puppet, Welfare State International (WSI) Rosi Lister Individual processes Affirm people’s beliefs in caring for the environment and celebrate the work they to repair the environment Move people emotionally Make people reflect on their relationship with the natural environment Make people feel strongly towards the natural environment Provide a vehicle for people to express their feelings for the natural environment Provide a vehicle to strengthen people’s beliefs about certain issues Give an artistic voice to those working towards regeneration of the environment by affirming effort and achievement Allow farmers, scientists, government workers and others involved in landscape change, new and creative ways of expressing their feelings for, and knowledge about the land and the natural environment Nova-anglica Rosi Lister Ian Hunter Plague Gunnedah Plague Ralph Steadman URT Rosi Lister Evergreen URT WSI WSI Ian Hunter Rosi Lister Rosi Lister Plague Plague Nova-anglica Gunnedah Plague Nova-anglica Gunnedah Nova-anglica ESA conference Rosi Lister Ian Hunter Nova-anglica Ian Hunter Foster cooperation, collaboration and team-work Plague, Nova-anglica Gunnedah Arts in extension Improve processes in planning meetings, by helping find new ways of looking at a problem, stimulating creative thinking, motivating participants and helping improve the cohesiveness of the group Rekindle interest in the environment and revive the spirits of those working on environmental issues Nova-anglica Arts in extension Gunnedah Rosi Lister Ian Hunter WSI Bread & Puppet Rosi Lister Group processes ESA conference Nova-anglica Plague Bungawalbin URT Rolf Groven Nova-anglica Gunnedah Plague Plague Gunnedah Nova-anglica Plague Nova-anglica Gunnedah Rosi Lister WSI Ian Hunter Rosi Lister WSI Ian Hunter Rosi Lister WSI Ian Hunter John Somers John Somers Rosi Lister Ian Hunter; WSI Community processes Provide a vehicle for community mobilisation and empowerment Make people feel an appreciation and pride in community Engage people in activities of altruism and show them that there are alternatives to consumerism and activities that cause environmental degradation Provide a vehicle of networking and enable a broad participation by a cross-section of the community for people to work together Provide a vehicle to involve Indigenous visual and performing artists and to build bridges between the black and white communities Provide an opportunity for Indigenous people to reinforce cultural practice and to expand that to a nonaboriginal audience LWA UNE 44 Final Report Plague Nova-anglica Gunnedah Plague Bungawalbin Bungawalbin Plague Page 19 Model for how arts events can change environmental behaviour The art event prompts people to reflect on humanity’s relationship with the natural environment In an examination of interview data following the first concerts of The Plague and the Moonflower, it seemed that the starting point was moving emotions However the survey data from the second concerts showed that moving emotions was not strongly correlated to behavioural change, but reflecting on humanity's relationship with the environment was The art event makes people feel strongly towards the natural environment This effect was strongly correlated to behavioural change in The Plague and the Moonflower study The art event exposes people whose environmental behaviour is poor to new ideas about the environment, and provides an opportunity to learn about some issues The process of engagement appears to be extremely important here, and the way environmental issues are dealt with in that process This then prompts behavioural changes in those people Many falling into this group may be younger – they have not thought much about these issues before – and so the event can have a key influence on value formation For those who already have good environmental behaviour, the art event affirms, reminds, reinforces and strengthens their beliefs, thus leading to further behavioural change - that is taking the person to a still better level of environmental behaviour - or reduces their likelihood of sliding backwards For those participating in the art event, it provides an opportunity for them to express their beliefs, further consolidating them, and provides an opportunity to communicate those beliefs to a wider audience - expanding the audience to the environmental message The process then continues, rather like a chain reaction Participation in art based events of this nature can have an ‘avalanche-like’ effect, where participation leads to learning, performance leads to expanding the message, which leads to more participation, and so on ART EVENT People with poor environmental behaviour People with poor environmental behaviour Exposes people to new ideas Communicate to others Reflect about human relationship with the environment Make people feel strongly about the environment ART EVENT Express beliefs, and further consolidating them People with good environmental behaviour Affirm, remind, and strengthen beliefs Figure 2: Model for how arts events can change environmental behaviour LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 20 Pathways to environmental sustainability through the arts ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNICATING INFORMATION Affecting beliefs CONNECTING US TO THE ENVIRONMENT CATALYSING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPOMENT Affecting values Figure 3: Three pathways to environmental sustainability via the arts LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 21 Model for how environmental behaviour might be shaped by the arts MACRO-LEVEL SOCIETAL LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS e.g greenhouse effect VALUES ART ARTIST BEHAVIOUR (what they and why) MICRO-LEVEL BELIEFS (knowledge) INDIVIDUAL ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR ECONOMIC FACTORS PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS Gender Class Personality Family Peer group SITUATION e.g one’s job Figure 4: Model of how environmental behaviour might be shaped by the arts LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 22 Appendix III Outline of how these results can be adopted and summary of communication and technology transfer to date This appendix provides a summary of the communication and technology transfer that has occurred to date It lists the mail-outs that have been made to the network, presentations that have been made to conferences, training workshops and seminars, and other media Mail-outs to network A network was established of LWA, RIRDC, extension staff, people working in the visual and performing arts, Reference Group members, interviewees, and other relevant people The network data base currently consists of 335 individuals and organisations Two packages have been mailed out to this network The first package included the following papers, brochures and postcards: Curtis, D., Nadolny, C and Ford, H.A 1995 Lessons from a Network of Dieback Repairers, In Nature Conservation 4: The Role of Networks, Surrey Beatty & Sons, pp 175-186 Curtis, D 2002 How the visual and performing arts shape environmental behaviour Institute of Rural Futures, Ecosystem Management (School of Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management), University of New England, NSW, 4p Curtis, D 2002 How the visual and performing arts shape environmental behaviour Postcard Institute of Rural Futures, University of New England, NSW Curtis, D.J 2002 The Environment and the Arts Project Note 02/07 Institute of Rural Futures, University of New England, Armidale, NSW Curtis, D., Curtis, F and Dunsford, C 1999 The Case of the Memorable Moment: The Streuth family investigate the role of art in changing behaviour and attitudes towards the environment Southern Crossings, Pointers for Change International Conference on Environmental Education, Sydney, 1999 The second package included the following papers as well as a summary letter of what the project had achieved: Curtis, D.J 2003 The arts and restoration: a fertile partnership? Ecological Management and Restoration 4: 163-169 Curtis, D.J 2003 Initial impressions on the role of the performing and visual arts in influencing environmental behaviour Pp 1-11 in TASA 2003: New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, edited by P Corrigan, M Gibson, G Hawkes, E Livingston, J Scott, S Thiele, and G Carpenter University of New England, Armidale New South Wales: The Australian Sociological Society and the University of New England These two packages were distributed in 2002/2003 and 2004 respectively, and were distributed throughout the project until it ended as new people were added to the network Upon acceptance of the final reports to LWA and RIRDC, a third package will be distributed to this network consisting of the following: • brochure summarising the results of the study; and • brochure outlining the publications arising from the study and details about how they can be acquired LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 23 A print run of 100 User Guides will be distributed to those in the network who have indicated their interest in this output and to key organisations PDF files of all the main publications arising from the research, including the User Guide, will be put on the website of the Institute of Rural Futures: http://www.ruralfutures.une.edu.au/text/tprojects/tenvchange/tlwaenvart.htm Presentations at conferences Eight presentations were made to the following conferences Those marked * were conferences overseas: TASA 2003: New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, University of New England, Armidale New South Wales: The Australian Sociological Society 9th National Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) From WAY OUT to WAY IN: the Dialectic between the 'ALTERNATIVE' and 'MAINSTREAM', 19-21 July, University of New England, Armidale N.S.W Ecological Society of Australia ECOLOGY 2003 Conference, December 2003, University of New England, Armidale * IDEA 2004 conference Ottawa, Canada July 2004 * XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, July 25-30, 2004 Trondheim, Norway * IDEA Conference July 2004 Ottawa, Canada (2 papers) Geographies for Sustainable Futures, IAG Conference, July 2005, University of New England Other presentations, training workshops and seminars Nine presentations were made at universities, research organizations and for community organisations: • UNE postgraduate conference, Coffs Harbour 21 July 2003 • Castlemaine Victoria 28 September 2003 Seminar as part of the Mamunya Festival entitled ‘Arts, Community and the Environment’, • Seminar, Armidale Tree Group, Woodland Ecology Centre, Armidale, 20 September 2004 • Seminar, University of New England, Institute of Rural Futures, 21 September 2004 • Seminar for Land and Water Australia, Canberra, October 2004 • Seminar, Geoquest, University of Wollongong, October 2004 • Presentation for Cooperative Venture for Capacity Building, Sydney, 15 October, 2004 • Presentation, Two Rivers Festival, Gunnedah, 15 October 2004 • UNE postgraduate conference, Coffs Harbour, July 2005 LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 24 Three training workshops of community facilitators in Natural Resources Management were carried out: Two of these also functioned as focus groups to review the educational kit These were held in Adelaide, Armidale and Deniliquin in 2005 Other media Other media include: • • • Interview with ABC Radio National Earthbeat, went to air 13 December 2003 Website: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s1009101.htm Arts Program ESA conference website: http://www.ecolsoc.org.au/2003/arts.html Plague and Moonflower website: http://www.moonflower.org.au/ LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 25 Appendix IV Publications Refereed journals and refereed conference proceedings Curtis, D.J 2003 The arts and restoration: a fertile partnership? Ecological Management and Restoration 4: 163-169 Curtis, D.J 2003 Initial impressions on the role of the performing and visual arts in influencing environmental behaviour Pp 1-11 in TASA 2003: New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, edited by P Corrigan, M Gibson, G Hawkes, E Livingston, J Scott, S Thiele, and G Carpenter University of New England, Armidale New South Wales: The Australian Sociological Society and the University of New England Curtis, D.J and Reeve, I (under review) Rekindling environmental ethics in community attitudes through the performing arts Journal of Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics Curtis, D.J (in press) Mobilising rural communities to achieve environmental sustainability using the arts Agricultural Economics Review Reports Curtis, D.J Reeve, I and Reid, N (in press) Creating Inspiration: Using the visual and performing arts to promote environmental sustainability Final Report to Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 109p Reeve, I., Curtis, D.J and Reid, N (in press) Arts and environmental behaviour – Policy recommendations Institute of Rural Futures, Ecosystem Management (School of Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management), University of New England, NSW, 25p Books Curtis, D.J (in press) Creating Inspiration: A user’s guide to using the visual and performing arts to improve environmental sustainability Institute of Rural Futures, University of New England, Armidale NSW, 152 p Conference papers Curtis, D.J 2002 Creating inspiration – how music shapes behaviour towards the environment PAPER FOR 9th National Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) 19-21 July, University of New England, Armidale N.S.W From WAY OUT to WAY IN: the Dialectic between the 'ALTERNATIVE' and 'MAINSTREAM' Curtis, D.J 2003 Using the arts to create an ecological ethic: The nuts and bolts of using the arts in extension Ecological Society of Australia ECOLOGY 2003 Conference, University of New England, Armidale 8-10 December 2003 Curtis, D.J 2003 Initial impressions on the role of the performing and visual arts in influencing environmental behaviour Pp 1-11 in TASA 2003: New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, edited by P Corrigan, M Gibson, G Hawkes, E Livingston, LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 26 J Scott, S Thiele, and G Carpenter University of New England, Armidale New South Wales: The Australian Sociological Society and the University of New England Curtis, D.J and Curtis, F.M 2004 Performance and environmental awareness IDEA 2004 conference Ottawa, Canada 2-8 July 2004 Curtis, D.J 2004 Mobilising rural communities to achieve environmental sustainability using the arts XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, July 25-30, 2004 Trondheim, Norway Everett, L Curtis, D.J and Curtis, F.M 2004 ‘Tre los Lantana’: Using theatre for environmental education IDEA Conference July 2004 Ottawa, Canada Curtis, D.J (2005) Rural festivals and environmental sustainability Geographies for Sustainable Futures, IAG Conference, University of New England, 19-22 July 2005 Book chapters Curtis, D.J and Curtis, F (in press) Performance and environmental awareness In The Universal Mosaic of Drama/Theatre: The IDEA 2004 Dialogues Other articles Curtis, D.J (Editor) 2002 The Environment and the Arts Armidale Tree Group Newsletter No 83 Armidale Tree Group, Armidale N.S.W Curtis, D.J 2004 Plague and the Moonflower ArtReach March 2004, 26-27 Curtis, D.J 2004 Building capacity for environmental sustainability using the visual and performing arts RipRap 27: 12-13 Curtis, D.J 2004 Using the arts to promote environmental sustainability Capacit-e-newletter 7: p1 Curtis, D.J (2005) Catastrophes in slow motion: changing the tide through the arts The Country Web 37: p 21, Rural Women’s Network Brochures and postcards Curtis, D 2002 How the visual and performing arts shape environmental behaviour Institute of Rural Futures, Ecosystem Management (School of Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management), University of New England, NSW, 4p Curtis, D.J 2002 The Environment and the Arts Project Note 02/07 Institute of Rural Futures, University of New England, Armidale, NSW Curtis, D 2002 How the visual and performing arts shape environmental behaviour Postcard Institute of Rural Futures, University of New England, NSW Curtis, D 2005 Creating Inspiration: Using the visual and performing arts to create environmental sustainability Brochure Institute of Rural Futures, University of New England, NSW, 2p LWA UNE 44 Final Report Page 27 DVDs and videos Asch, P 2004 Armidale at Woodford, 2003 An oratorio by Richard Harvey with Libretto by Ralph Steadman DVD and video The Moonflower Tour, Armidale NSW Commissioned artworks Kelly, Maree 2004 Four Views of the Liverpool Plains Four images, ink and paint on paper Commissioned jointly by Land and Water Australia, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and the University of New England Held by Gunnedah Council on behalf of the University of New England Other art and theatre productions Curtis, Anna 2003 In the Balance Lino reduction print on paper, commissioned by the Ecological Society of Australia for the 2003 conference Curtis, D (unpublished) Six theatrical pieces Written for, and performed at the Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Armidale Dec 2003 Other articles that referred to the research Anon, 2003 A fabulous couple – the arts and restoration AABR Newsletter, No 85, p.10 Anon, 2004 Environment Studio Field Research Gunnedah ArtNews 2/2004 Australian National University, Canberra Ballard, G (2003) ESA Ecology Conference 2003: Evaluation by attendees Armidale: Ecosystem Management, University of New England Ballard, G (2004) ESA Ecology 2003 Armidale Conference: Feedback from Delegates Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia, 34(1), Bellingham, D 2003 Plains talking ArtReach March 2003, p 25 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